Jenner: Somehow the songs with acoustic guitars became more popular nowadays, I got very surprised when I saw my 11 y.o. nephew playing Johnny Cash and the biggest brazilian breakthru artist in 2008 is Mallu Magalhães (a 16 y.o. girl)Orouni: I think there has been some folk music around for a long time and I don't think it has ever disapeared, even for a moment. To me, the fact that it's more popular nowadays is just an artifact. It seems that people discover it as if it had been created at the beginning of this century. A bit like ukulele or things that become fashionable but that have existed for ages. Maybe it's due to MySpace and the possibility of putting your work online even if you only have an acoustic guitar, a microphone, a computer and an Internet connection. But I guess that due to MySpace you also have more exposure for metal bands, emo bands, etc. However, I agree with what you say when you mention the canção concept. Even when arrangements are terrible, a song can be good due to its composition. That's when it's fun to cover it with arrangements that you think are more appropriate. Many songs from the eighties are actually good...
Jenner: Listenning to Air Hostess On A Mission (new track !) we can feel a brief vibe of bossanova - am I trippin ? Does it have any influence on your work ?
Orouni: Among my influences, I could mention The New Pornographers, (Please) Don't Blame Mexico, Leonard Cohen, The Kinks... and also bossa nova on Air Hostess On A Mission, as you say. I have been into Brazilian music for a while but I hadn't really integrated it into my music. I did it for this album, on this song as well as on The Tyrant's Yoke, a little bit. But I'm not really into "classical" bossa such as João Gilberto (though I'm totally amazed by its complexity). I'm more into Tropicália (Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes...), I like the idea of mixing Brazilian influences with other stuff.
Orouni: Among my influences, I could mention The New Pornographers, (Please) Don't Blame Mexico, Leonard Cohen, The Kinks... and also bossa nova on Air Hostess On A Mission, as you say. I have been into Brazilian music for a while but I hadn't really integrated it into my music. I did it for this album, on this song as well as on The Tyrant's Yoke, a little bit. But I'm not really into "classical" bossa such as João Gilberto (though I'm totally amazed by its complexity). I'm more into Tropicália (Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes...), I like the idea of mixing Brazilian influences with other stuff.
Jenner: What is "Jump Out The Window" all about ?
Orouni: Well, definitely, Jump Out The Window is not about looking for the small things in life. My previous album "A Matter Of Scale" partly was. But this one is really pessimistic. You jump out of your window because you have way too much work as an employee, it's too hard to bear and you think it's the only solution. Same thing when policemen come to get you and you're so scared that you don't know what to do except this. It's something people did a lot in France last year. It's a reaction to extreme pressure.
Orouni: Well, definitely, Jump Out The Window is not about looking for the small things in life. My previous album "A Matter Of Scale" partly was. But this one is really pessimistic. You jump out of your window because you have way too much work as an employee, it's too hard to bear and you think it's the only solution. Same thing when policemen come to get you and you're so scared that you don't know what to do except this. It's something people did a lot in France last year. It's a reaction to extreme pressure.
Jenner: The Perfume Conspiracy (feat Mina Tindle) is definetly my favourite song and Mina is singing so beutifully - tell us more about her and Mlie and the process of composing and recording
Orouni: Mina Tindle is a very talented person and the world will soon know because she's releasing an EP before the end of the year. People always talk about her voice. So first, yes, I think she has an incredible voice, as well as great musical sense (finding harmonies and backing vocals seems so easy to her). But also, she's a great composer. Songs such as To Carry Many Small Things or Lovely Day are really great 'canções'. As for our collaboration, I had written and recorded this song (The Perfume Conspiracy) on my own for my first album and one day David (of Toy Fight/The Limes/Les Indes Noires) suggested that Mina and I work together, so we started working on this one. We had to transpose it for her voice, and in the beginning the melody was more or less the same as on the piano/voice version, but then one day we played it live and Mina came up with a totally different melody, which was awesome, so we kept it for the "studio" version.
As far as Mlie is concerned, it's a bit different because I knew her before we sang together. I'm really happy of what we did for the four songs on Jump Out The Window. I think our voices go perfectly together. On Deezer, a French streaming website, some comments say that I'm a terrible singer, but when I'm singing with Mlie, it's really good, so... Besides, Mlie was also involved in the creative process, for instance she suggested this weird thing we do on the bridge of A Greased & Golden Palm, where you have several voices at the same time, just before the last chorus. I'm especially happy about Stomach Attack, it's the last song we recorded together for this album, and I wanted her voice to be heard without mine, that's what we did this kind of duet.
Orouni: Mina Tindle is a very talented person and the world will soon know because she's releasing an EP before the end of the year. People always talk about her voice. So first, yes, I think she has an incredible voice, as well as great musical sense (finding harmonies and backing vocals seems so easy to her). But also, she's a great composer. Songs such as To Carry Many Small Things or Lovely Day are really great 'canções'. As for our collaboration, I had written and recorded this song (The Perfume Conspiracy) on my own for my first album and one day David (of Toy Fight/The Limes/Les Indes Noires) suggested that Mina and I work together, so we started working on this one. We had to transpose it for her voice, and in the beginning the melody was more or less the same as on the piano/voice version, but then one day we played it live and Mina came up with a totally different melody, which was awesome, so we kept it for the "studio" version.
As far as Mlie is concerned, it's a bit different because I knew her before we sang together. I'm really happy of what we did for the four songs on Jump Out The Window. I think our voices go perfectly together. On Deezer, a French streaming website, some comments say that I'm a terrible singer, but when I'm singing with Mlie, it's really good, so... Besides, Mlie was also involved in the creative process, for instance she suggested this weird thing we do on the bridge of A Greased & Golden Palm, where you have several voices at the same time, just before the last chorus. I'm especially happy about Stomach Attack, it's the last song we recorded together for this album, and I wanted her voice to be heard without mine, that's what we did this kind of duet.
Jenner: List of 5 things really important to be aware in 2008
Orouni:
01. U.S.A. are going to have a new president
02. France won't before two and a half years
03. MonsterK7 is the best label in the world
04. You can't always get what you want
05. But you have to try
Jenner: And a list 10 new artists you think people should know
Orouni:
Visual artists that I love:
Steven Harrington
Natsko Seki
2.n.i.
Pierre Chandeze
And all bands/musicians from my playlist (so it's more than 10):
(Please) Don't Blame Mexico
Benjamin Fincher
Henry Sparrow
John Hale
Kawaii
Maison Neuve
MiLK & Fruit Juice
Mina Tindle
Quetzalli
Toy Fight
Michael Wookey
Top Montagne
Orouni´s new album JUMP OUT THE WINDOW is out now !
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Press Contact: monsterk7@hotmail.fr
Tel : 06 64 97 06 11 (Anne)
Discography:
Albums
Jump Out The Window - September 2008 (MonsterK7)
A Matter Of Scale – December 2006
Demos EP - 2005
Compilations
Have A Good Night # 3 (Blog Up Musique) - April 2008
Fresh & French Tour (Indie Rock Mag) - December 2007
Face A / Face B (MonsterK7) – December 2007
My Sweet Autumn (Words And Sounds) - November 2007
Yawam Compilation #1 - September 2007
A Découvrir Absolument, Volume 11 - December 2006
A Découvrir Absolument, Volume 9 - February 2006
Bloom Boat, Louis Liard Magazine - February 2006
*photos by Michel Leung Kut
Orouni
01. John Hale - Years On The Move
02. Top Montagne - Ouchol
03. Mina Tindle - To Carry Many Small Things
04. Michael Wookey - Dreams Of You
05. Kawaii - Starbox
06. Maison Neuve - The Love Favela
07. MiLK & Fruit Juice - Intend To Be Happy
08. (Please) Don't Blame Mexico - Your Hater's Society
09. Henry Sparrow - Ruff Parade
10. Quetzalli - December
11. Benjamin Fincher - Bathed In Moonlight
12. Toy Fight - Victim's Hairdo
Jenner
13. Orouni - Air Hostess On A Mission
14. Orouni (feat Mlie) - A Greased & Golden Palm
15. Orouni (feat Mina Tindle) - The Perfume Conspiracy
16. Juan Trip - A Dreamful Of Time
17. Fugu - Variations Fitzwilliam
18. Caribou - Irene
19. The Sinister Turns - Zolpidem
20. Kiwi the Child - In A Sound
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